Dear Partners of His Way in Haiti,

We are surprised! After going to Haiti in January of this year, we are back in Indianapolis awaiting our next interim assignment until we can return to where God plans for us to work.

We had a wonderful six months. We studied Haitian Kreyol formally for two months. During that time, we established working relationships with Pastor Georges Valcourt, the director of the Bible School, and the students as well as with other pastors and missionaries in the area. We spent five weeks in Dessalines practicing our language "skills."

Jack had several counseling sessions, began working with Gregg Ennis, weighed goats with JR Crouse, visited the rice fields with the hospital administrator, helped transport food to Mapou, and became a vigilant and enthusiastic driver in Port-au-Prince.

Jeanne gave an afternoon seminar for women, co-led a Bible study for the staff of the Dessalines hospital, taught a few classes at the Bible school, and preached in two churches.

In the last several months, violence accelerated from bullets whizzing by our house to as high as 50 kidnappings in a week. As we received bulletins from the American Embassy and warnings from our Haitian church leaders, it became increasingly obvious the Free Methodist missionaries would not remain for long. Our leaders warned us that we should travel in caravan, then move to one home, and finally to even travel as a  group. The women were flown out two weeks ago; Jack and Gregg arrived in the States last Monday.

We are extremely disappointed. However, we know that God is still working in Haiti, and we will be a part of that again when the "coast is clear." Elections are to be held in October and November. Please pray that God will work a miracle and things will go well. It is thought that we will be in the States for 6-9 months.

For now, we have been reassigned to the Florida Haitian people to increase our language and cultural skills. Your continued prayer and financial support will enable us to carry on the call of God in working with the Haitian people in a new venue. We do not know exactly where as yet in Florida. We left our belongings in Port-au-Prince. We do not have a car. Please pray for God's provision in a place to stay and transportation.

We have been trying to re-establish Internet connections. Thank you for your patience.

Please pray for the precious Haitian people. Many, many people have lost their jobs; people are closing their businesses and leaving the country; our hospital is in desperate financial need; those who had very little food now have even less.

Our Free Methodist pastors and leaders are awesome. Please pray for protection for them and their families - and for strength and wisdom during this time of trial.

The Holy Spirit brought James chapter 1 to us. We are to rejoice in our trials. How can this be? We believe it can be done when we focus on what is set before us. Jesus endured the cross for the joy of what was before  Him. Through our trials patience, perseverance, and other strong characteristics are reinforced. When we allow these to develop, we become perfect lacking nothing. We need to ask God for wisdom - we must ask believing we have received that wisdom. This means we must act on that wisdom and continue to move forward in the Kingdom of God. We trust that God is working in ALL of these things.

Please pray that we will be patient that our time will be profitably spent for His kingdom. Attached is a picture of a 2-year-old girl who lived across the street from us in Dessalines. One day we heard and saw her being beaten by her mother. Her eyes haunt us and call us back to the land we love.

For His kingdom to fully come to Haiti and the world.
Jack and Jeanne Acheson-Munos